Just got back from my trip to the Smokies, and while it was great, and I'll be back, if I had my druthers for either Smokies or Rockies, it would be the latter, hands down. I met a guy at Deal's Gap who saw my FJR and struck up a conversation, as he used to have one. This guy lived in North Georgia, and I asked him if he had ever ridden in the Rockies. He said he had lived in Durango for 8 years, and when I asked him which he preferred, he said the Rockies, with his reason that there, when you're in the mountains, you can see a long ways, which translates to more fun on the scoot.